Hospitality News by Pico - Apico Read all the latest developments in the hospitality industry in Greece. Greece’s Two Major Cities Report Low Bookings by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Although bookings in Greece were reported to have increased following the June elections, the same cannot be said for reservations in major cities such as Athens and Thessaloniki due to the decrease of domestic tourism and cancellations of conferences and events, a tourism professional said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Chamber: Increased Post-Election Bookings Not Enough by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 “The Greek tourism market was significantly affected by the political uncertainty that intensified after the (first) elections of 6 May,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said at a recent press conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens’ Hotels Bookings Continue To Drop by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The “highly disappointing” figures of hotel occupancy in the Greek capital were confirmed late June by the Athens-Attica Hotel Association in collaboration with GBR Consulting. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail GNTO’s “Tourism for All” Program Launched by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The “Tourism for All” discounted vacation program will run as of this month until 31 May 2013, according to a decision signed last month by Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni aimed to boost the domestic tourism market. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Workers Sign New Contracts by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 Hotel employees signed a new collective labor contract last month introduced by the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers after five months of negotiations and strike action by the workers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Bookings To Greece Pick Up Pace After Elections by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 “The political stability that has resulted from the 17 June elections and the formation of the Government already has influenced recent reservations on a positive level,” Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said while addressing a conference last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail European Hotel Managers Informed On Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 1 July 2012 Greece’s challenges and the difficulties faced by Greek citizens and the tourism industry were among the topics analyzed at the 39th European Hotel Managers Association (EHMA) Annual General Meeting held recently in Vienna. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Athens City Center Hotel Occupancy In Trouble by GTP editing team 1 July 2012 “At the beginning of the year I referred to a particularly difficult tourism season but now, based on the rate bookings are moving in Athens, I will now refer to a collapse,” the president of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, Yiannis Retsos, told tourism journalists recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Chamber Predicts Another Difficult Year by GTP editing team 29 June 2012 This year’s arrivals are expected at the same level of 2009 while revenues are expected to be slightly down once again, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels Yiorgos Tsakiris said at a recent press conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail Hotel Chamber Proposes To Run Subsidized Tourism Holiday Programs by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security that aims to modernize the subsidized social tourism holiday programs—that secure domestic tourism—in an environment of free competition. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1 … 326 327 328 329 330 … 355 Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Greece’s Two Major Cities Report Low Bookings by GTP editing team 1 September 2012 Although bookings in Greece were reported to have increased following the June elections, the same cannot be said for reservations in major cities such as Athens and Thessaloniki due to the decrease of domestic tourism and cancellations of conferences and events, a tourism professional said last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Chamber: Increased Post-Election Bookings Not Enough by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 “The Greek tourism market was significantly affected by the political uncertainty that intensified after the (first) elections of 6 May,” the president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, Yiorgos Tsakiris, said at a recent press conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens’ Hotels Bookings Continue To Drop by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The “highly disappointing” figures of hotel occupancy in the Greek capital were confirmed late June by the Athens-Attica Hotel Association in collaboration with GBR Consulting. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
GNTO’s “Tourism for All” Program Launched by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 The “Tourism for All” discounted vacation program will run as of this month until 31 May 2013, according to a decision signed last month by Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni aimed to boost the domestic tourism market. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Workers Sign New Contracts by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 Hotel employees signed a new collective labor contract last month introduced by the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers after five months of negotiations and strike action by the workers. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Bookings To Greece Pick Up Pace After Elections by GTP editing team 1 August 2012 “The political stability that has resulted from the 17 June elections and the formation of the Government already has influenced recent reservations on a positive level,” Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said while addressing a conference last month. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
European Hotel Managers Informed On Greek Tourism by GTP editing team 1 July 2012 Greece’s challenges and the difficulties faced by Greek citizens and the tourism industry were among the topics analyzed at the 39th European Hotel Managers Association (EHMA) Annual General Meeting held recently in Vienna. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Athens City Center Hotel Occupancy In Trouble by GTP editing team 1 July 2012 “At the beginning of the year I referred to a particularly difficult tourism season but now, based on the rate bookings are moving in Athens, I will now refer to a collapse,” the president of the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers, Yiannis Retsos, told tourism journalists recently. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Chamber Predicts Another Difficult Year by GTP editing team 29 June 2012 This year’s arrivals are expected at the same level of 2009 while revenues are expected to be slightly down once again, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels Yiorgos Tsakiris said at a recent press conference. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Hotel Chamber Proposes To Run Subsidized Tourism Holiday Programs by GTP editing team 1 April 2012 The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels last month submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security that aims to modernize the subsidized social tourism holiday programs—that secure domestic tourism—in an environment of free competition. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
